Gordon rallies Belle Vue Aces

BELLE Vue chief David Gordon last night called for one final power surge to ensure the Aces avoid the disgrace of finishing bottom of the Elite League. They have two home matches remaining, both against Ipswich, and victory by six of more points at Kirkmanshulme Lane tonight will leave Poole with the wooden spoon, whatever the result of their home match with Peterborough.

BELLE Vue chief David Gordon last night called for one final power surge to ensure the Aces avoid the disgrace of finishing bottom of the Elite League.

They have two home matches remaining, both against Ipswich, and victory by six of more points at Kirkmanshulme Lane tonight will leave Poole with the wooden spoon, whatever the result of their home match with Peterborough.

The One51 Aces put themselves in the driving seat to help keep clear of the relegation play-offs with their brilliant final-heat win at Poole last Thursday.

They have Jason Crump back at No 1 after Grand Prix duty in Slovenia, and Gordon wants the side to ensure safety in style tonight rather than leave it until September 28 when they meet Ipswich again.

Complained

He said: "Sometimes this season we have flopped in the middle of the meeting but we really held it together at Poole and we need the same again.

"We have got to show the same resolve, especially in the middle and bottom end of the team, and get this job finished."

Poole boss Matt Ford complained to the Promoters' Association about the Aces using guest Davey Watt last Thursday in place of Crump, who was en route to the Grand Prix. But they had already gained clearance in writing from the sport's rulers.

The Aces use rider replacement for the injured Lubos Tomicek tonight and call in Birmingham's Polish rider, Tomasz Piszcz, as a guest to join Joel Parsons in the reserve berths.

CRUMP reached the semi- final of the Slovenian Grand Prix in Krsko on Saturday to finish with 12 points while Russian sensation Emil Sayfutdinov won the title with a maximum 24 to move up to second place in the overall standings.

But the Belle Vue man still leads by 26 points with just two meetings to go in Italy and Poland. He needs 25 points for the title.